Republican Party of Virginia

The Republican Party of Virginia is the state affiliate of the Republican Party in Virginia. The party is conservative, and it rejected the expansion of Medicaid to lower-class Virginians, challenged the federal requirement that all adults have health insurance, dropped the requirement that sixth grade girls receive HPV vaccinations, limited government services to undocumented residents, opposed pre-kindergarten education funding, expanded concealed carry rights, opposed background checks for weapons bought at gun shows, defeated attempts to raise taxes on cigarettes, supported offshore oil drilling, opposed same-sex marriage, voted against unemployment benefits, sought judicial review of EPA findings, supported the designation of April as "Confederate History Month", and supported a law that allowed for the Virginia legislature to veto federal legislation with a two-thirds majority vote. In 2017, it held 7/11 US House of Representatives seats, 21/40 State Senate seats, and 66/100 State House of Representatives seats.